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A big display of "Ozidita" and "Erica" storage batteries suitable for ail cars. Also accessories of all kinds for motorcars and cycles such as, Electric horns, bumpers, spark plugs, body polish, tyre patches, brakelining, jacks, foot pumps, wrenches, &c., a All at exceptionally low prices. Call inspect THE HONGKONG MOTOR ACCESSORY CO., Bank of Canton Building. Tol. C.677.

and

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MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

must be designed to permit reads proportional, reduction in bearing transfor to the cylinder, walls of loads and bearing wear. the heat absorbed by the piston The thermal conductively of head.

aluminum alloy is very much No. 10 The Piston.

The new Model A Ford piston is greater than that of cast iron The piston serves to transmit the mado of apecial aluminum alloy. Aluminum is capable of dissipating force of expanding gases to the and its design is unusual in a num- heat far more rapidly than other; connecting rod and crank; and to ber of ways, Aluminum alloy has piston metals, and hence the risk form a sliding seal which prevents been adopted for the reason that it of overheating is much reduced. leaking from the cylinder. Since is light, and consequently the This gives the engine the ability to the piston head is in direct contact Inertin forces are reduced. Re- run at high speed, and enables it with the burning elarge, the platon duced inertia forces result in a to do so for prolonged perioda without overheating and falling off In power output.

The piston head, carrying the three rings, is, to all intents and purposes, separate from the skirt. It is, however, attached to it by steady ribs. The construction is such that distortion and binding are Impossible. The skirt. is split on one face giving it flexibility so that it will conform to the shape of the cylinder wall when heat tends to expand it. The bottom ring acts as a scraper, and after the of has fubricated the skirt, the major portion of it is scraped off and it returns to the oil pan by way of the slot that exists between the piston and the skirt.

THE TALE OF A BUMP.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928.

GREAT BRITISH MOTOR COMBINE...

The Development of Overseas Markets.

The details of a proposed amal- The programmo ahead of this] gamation between well known Bri- new organisation will be an agres-¡

It intends to make the bish motor firms are now revealed aive one. and are obviously of the very utmost use of the Hillman, Hum- greatest Importance to the Over ber and Commer factories and to sens markets. There have been utilise the 80 acres of factory and for some two or three years many land available for extensions to rumours of amalgamation, but the best possible advantage. Their never has there arisen n group idens na regards development will until now capable of grappling always be focussed on imperial with the tremendous complications and international markets for they involved, or of sinking their in- are strong bellevers in the im- dividual ambitions, sufficiently to mense possibilities ahead. bring about a combination that export activities, in their entirely, would be commercially sound and will be undertaken by Musers. Rootes Lid, who are the largest

of national beneft.

The

Proposals for ratification are bo- merchandisora of motor cara in Ing put before the Humber share the world. They have a world- holders of an amalgamation be-wide export organisation and, con-

Some of it, on the way down, lubricates the piston pin. This pin, by the way is of large diameter. It is hollow and held in place by Atween the Humber, Hillman and nexion and are responsible for the ring let into the centre of the con- Commer concerns. This is the growing popularity of the Hill- necting rod. It allows the pin free rotational movement, prevents and foundation on which one may hoye man car in the overseas markets.

The productions of the group in- movement and therefore prevents to ace the development of a group the scoring of cylinder walls. A in the British Motor Industry cap- clude non-competitive products dipper in the cap of the big end of able of competing successfully ranging from 9 h.p. passenger cara the connecting rod insures thorough with the powerful foreign compe- up to 0-ton lorries. On the car lubrication of the bearings. The tition in the World's markets. A manufacturing side of the busi connecting rods on the new Ford fenture of this enterprise is that iness the factory facilities are uni- are designed to provide lightness the work has been done quietly {que us the Humber and Hillman and strength. The bolts on the big and atendily behind the scenes, works actually adjoin one another, end are made integral with the rod, and not until a policy had been For example the former possesACA and the cap is clamped on with two thrashed out and all details com excellent, foundries but Hitle nuts. This makes the rod lighter pleted, has the world been notified stamping facilities, while the lat than if through bolts were used. of this far-reaching enterprise, the ter possesses very good stumping results of which are bound to shops and no foundries. This in TYRE EXPORTS make British Trade history. itself, only one small Item shows

GAIN.

It is obvious that this amalga- what possibilities the blending to-j mation will carry with it, particu-gether of these two organisations larly on account of the geographi-fers. The Commercial vehicles cal situation of the factories, great will, of course, be manufactured, economies of purchase, general at the Commer factory at Luton;) administration and production which is ideally situated close to methode, as well as improved faci- London, whence the main activi 1928 increased more than 341 perities for pooling research and ex- ties of commercial sales cent over the same period of 1927. perimental knowledge.

doubtedly radinte.. The returns for this period total nearly $4,500,000.

U.S. Trade to Italy,

Exports of autoniotive rubber goods from the United States Lo

Italy for the first ning months of

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BY THE WAY

world car show in New York City is a prospect for the year 1920. A formal offer of space for exhibiting purposes. has been made to European manu facturers for next year's show at the Grand Central Palace through the Permanent Bureau of Inter- national, Automobile Constructors in Paris, by the National Auto mobile Chamber of Commerce. In the event that forelyn munu- facturers hecept the Invitation I is proposed to set aside a total of 11,000 square feet of floor space to accommodate the imported ex- hibits.

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RAFFIC Officer: What's the

The idea, miss? Don't you

know you can't make any. thing but a right hand turn at this corner?

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Miss: But, officer, I'm left-i handed.

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(INCE, the completion of the new Holland tunnel under the Judson, River, connecting New York and New Jersey, auto- mobiles ferrich are reported to have lost nearly 50 per cent, of their business.

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ruling by the U. S. Supreme A Court says that a motorist

who crosses a railroad cross- Ing, depending on his hearing or signal to vacape donger, and takes; no further precaution to protect his life and property, doen so at His own risk.

HE: Freddie hasn't been out) an evening or taken a drink for three weeks.

He: Turned over a new leaf?. She: No! Turned over a new

cnr.

CCORDING to the Automobile A Club of Southern California,

one automobile in every six-

teen is involved in an accident annually, resulting in the death or Injury of some person,

United States yearly is Tspending eight billion dollars

for the construction and up- keep of its ronds, and highways. Of this amount, government ex- penditure is less than eight por cent, the states supplying the rest out of their own funds,

CCORDING to Professor C. E.

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